DISCUSSION 1: What Effects Us Most in our Daily Lives?

How can we manage our work and personal lives more efficiently? Simple things, which can improve the way we think and organize ourselves in our daily lives. 

Talk about what effects you, share useful tips with others.

7 participants were asked to jot down 5 points which came to their mind first, related to above topic.

Participant 1:

1. Day to day household work: sometimes so tiring.

2. Child management: morning to evening, no help.

3. Health: no time to take care of oneself.

4. Stress: growing, no remedy.

5. Fitness: not fit at all, after a tiring day, no time for fitness program.

 
Participant 2:

1. How to cook fast - which is healthy too.

2. Smarter ways to do household stuff.

3. How to get your baby engaged in things which are good for the child (not harmful stuff like watching screen, but more constructive like colouring etc.).
4. How to take care of yourself in this fast life.
5. How to stick to healthy habits and how to avoid procrastination of important work.

Participant 3:

1. How to manage home being a working lady and a full time mum.

2. How to take care for ourselves and maintain ourselves.

3. How to manage kids and keep them entertained, how much time should we give them.

4. Fast cooking tips, recipes.

5. How to balance social and family lives.

6. How to handle 'Sasural'!

7. Integration with the Swiss (language).

8. Things to bring from India, storage.

Participant 4:

1. How to split household chores between husband and wife.
2. How to manage stress - working and running a family.

Participant 5:

1. How to manage household chores efficiently.

2. Integration with the Swiss: learn the language, how else?

3. Time and energy management.

4. General health (physical and emotional): few tips

5. How to manage professional life, skills etc.

Participant 6:

1. Work - tips

2. Marriage: tips

3. Baby: tips

4. Friends

5. Myself

Participant 7:

1. How to handle stress.

2. Self-care (skin, hair care).

3. Recipes (quick and healthy).

4. Child Care.

5. Job.

Based on this preliminary survey, we felt that we could start discussing all these points under 7 broad topics:

1. HOME MANAGEMENT

2. HEALTH

3. WORK

4. FAMILY

5. EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES/HOBBIES

6. GENERAL

7. SWISS INTEGRATION